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EverEve – The House Of The Rising Sun Lyrics 19 years ago
Frau you were on the right track there, but The House of the Rising sun was actually a "Whore House" and the line "They call the rising sun.
And it's been the ruin of many a poor Boy,
and God I know I'm one." is meaning that he blew all his money at the Risining Sun and probably obtained that behaviour from his father, because this line ?My father was a gamblin' man.
Down in New Orleans." is either meaning he was actually gambling or he was also someone who went to the Rising Sun

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